trying to copy the output of /sbin/lspci to another window

interndan · 11-17-2005, 01:09 PM

I was attempting to add my computer to the HCL. When I got to the section that asks for the output of /sbin/lspci, I could not figure out how to cut the info out of my bash shell to paste into the form. I'm sure there is probably a simple way to do this but my search has turned up nothing. Perhaps my search string is improperly phrased?

uopjohnson · 11-17-2005, 01:32 PM

If you select the text you want to copy with your mouse you can use the middle mouse button to copy it into another window.
Or you can do

Code:

/sbin/lspci >> out.txt

and then open out.txt in a program you are more familiar with. The >> means write the output of this command to a file.

interndan · 11-17-2005, 01:52 PM

Thanks for the quick reply. I'll give that a shot.

grautu · 11-17-2005, 05:29 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by uopjohnson
you can do

Code:

/sbin/lspci >> out.txt

and then open out.txt in a program you are more familiar with. The >> means write the output of this command to a file.

Please excuse me for interferring!
1. Could you please let me know what's the difference between > and >> commands? Till now I only used the simple form >.
2. However, the command

Code:

/sbin/lspci > out.txt

always overwrites the out.txt file and removes all of its former content. Do you know how to append instead of removing contents?
Grateful thanks!

chrisortiz · 11-17-2005, 05:35 PM

i think > overwrites a file, while >> appends it.

meaning if you have a file with text it, > will erase it and >> will add to it at the bottom.

dannyl · 11-17-2005, 05:44 PM

I just tried both methods.

/sbin/lspci > out.txt will overwrite the existing file

/sbin/lspci >> out.txt appends to the file

uopjohnson · 11-17-2005, 06:30 PM

Thats correct >> appends to the end of an existing file, or creates a new file if one does not exist. > will overwrite the old file.
There, I'm sure, are better references than this one, but here is a Good Link that I found googling for "stdout redirection tutorial" on google.com/linux
You can do some cool basic things using this kind of redirection so it is good to be familiar with it.

IRIGHTI · 11-17-2005, 11:19 PM

Also, if you just did it in an xterm, you just highlight the text you want to put into the page. Then, select in the page and press your center mouse button (mouse wheel button). Of course, that only works if you have a center mouse button.

uopjohnson · 11-17-2005, 11:24 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by IRIGHTI
Of course, that only works if you have a center mouse button.

Actually if you are lacking a center button you can press the left and right buttons simultaneously to get the same result. It requires that "Emulate 3 buttons" be turned on in the xorg.conf file, but that is the default I believe.

grautu · 11-18-2005, 04:24 AM

Both >> and uopjohnson's Good link are great stuffs!
Thanks a lot!